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VOA慢速英语:Returning Migrants Often Bring Their Health Problems Home With Them

2011-07-06来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. As a result, they often bring their medical problems home with them.

as a result结果, 因此
例句:There was a substantial growth of industry and foreign trade increased as a result.
由于工业的大发展, 对外贸易也发展了。

2. A new report looks at this situation.

look at检查;察看
例句:You should look at that house before you decide to buy it.
你应该看看那栋房子再决定购买。

3. That lack of access to medical care means they have to deal with medical problems when they rejoin their family.

access to接近;通向…的入口
例句:I have access to his office.
我可以进出他的办公室。
deal with应付, 处理; 对待
There are many difficulties to be dealt with when starting a new business.
开展一项新业务时, 有许多困难需要解决。

4. So that delay in diagnosis oftentimes leads to worse health issues that could have potentially been preventable if they had been given the access in the country in which they were working.

so that结果, 以致
例句:Everyone lent a hand, so that the work was finished ahead of schedule.
每个人都帮了忙, 所以工作提前完成了。
lead to导致, 引起
An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

5. Another author of the report, Rosilyne Borland, says people who have lived through that kind of situation may have psychological injuries.

live through经历过; 经历…而未死
例句:She has lived through several terrible accidents.
她曾经历过几次可怕的意外事故。

6. So someone returning from mass displacement, even though I'm sure [they] are thrilled to be going home, they bring with them all sorts of challenges upon their return.

be thrilled to很高兴
例句:They were thrilled to discover a perfectly preserved specimen of Roman pottery.
他们因发现了一件保存完好的罗马时代陶器而欣喜若狂。
all sorts of各种各样的
All sorts of difficulties cropped up.
各种各样的困难意想不到地出现了。

7. Another problem for returning migrants is that they may not have much to return to.

return to返回到…
例句:News of the astronauts' safe return to earth was delayed.
宇航员安全返回地球的消息被推迟。

8. If the community was destroyed by the natural disaster or the war, then the health system has also been damaged, and the ability of that community to continue to keep people healthy is also challenged when they get back.

get back回来, 回家
例句:What time will you get back?
你什么时候回来?

9. They call for policies to consider the needs of returning migrants and to make sure they can receive health testing.

call for要求,需要,提倡
例句:The letter calls for an investigation of the facts.
来信要求对这些事实进行调查。
make sure确保
Make sure to turn off the light before you leave.
临走前一定要熄灯。

10. And the efforts have been made more difficult by a lack of coordination between countries.

a lack of缺乏
例句:Water is a lack of this region.
这个地区缺水。